Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Hidrokarbon Jeofiziği
	English	Hydrocarbon Geophysics
Course Code	JEF 436E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	8	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Neslihan Ocakoğlu Gökaşan
Course Objectives		1. To have basic knowledge about hydrocarbons , their main types (coal, oil, natural gas, gas hydrates), origins, occurrences, reserves etc. 2. To learn hydrocarbon exploration methods in Geophysics; Passive (Gravity, magnetic and EM) and active methods (seismic methods) theory and practices. 3. Discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of active and passive methods, correlation with each other. 4. To have knowledge about a new energy source, gas hydrates, their energy and environmental importance and methods to exploration and production. 5. To improve student knowledge with paper presentations about hydrocarbon geophysics.
Course Description		Description of Hydrocarbons (Fossil Fuels), A brief history of hydrocarbon exploration, Passive Geophysical methods for hydrocarbon explorations (Gravity, Magnetic and EM methods., Theory and Principles), Student presentations-I (first project topics- coal, oil and natural gas explorations with passive geophysical methods), Active geophysical methods for hydrocarbon explorations (Seismic methods, Theory and Principles), Introduction to seismic amplitudeversus-offset (AVO) Analysis, Seismic modeling of hydrocarbon bearing structural traps (geometrical and resolutional aspects), A new energy source, Gas Hydrates, Exploration of gas hydrates and their economic and enviromental importance, Student presentations-II (second project topics- Oil, natural gas and gas hydrate explorations with active geophysical methods), Overall evaluation of the methods in hydrocarbon exploration
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will have knowledge about topics given below: 1. Hydrocarbon types (Fossil Fuels), their origin and occurrence. 2. Passive Geophysical methods for hydrocarbon explorations (Gravity, Magnetic and EM methods 3. Active Geophysical methods for hydrocarbon explorations (Seismic methods) 4. Advanced seismic methods, AVO analizleri 5. A new energy source, gas hydrates 6. Exploration of gas hydrates and their production 7. The importance of gas hydrates as an energy source and their environmental and climatic effects 8. The correlation of geophysical exploration methods for gas hydrates with each other, advantages and disadvantages.
Pre-requisite(s)		none
Required Facilities		Exercises will be solved in some lectures to improve students knowledge and some of them are to be handed in a week after they are assigned.
Other		none
Textbook		Introductory level applied geophysics and geology and petroleum geology books, hand-outs
Other References		Ergin, K., 1985. Uygulamalı Jeofizik, İTÜ Matbası, Maçka. Judd, A. And Hovland, M., 2007. Seabed fluid flow, the impact on geology, biology and the marine environment, Cambridge University Press. Selley, R.C., 1998. Elements of Petroleum Geology, Academic Press, California, USA. Yıldırım and Gökaşan, 2013. Mühendisler için Jeoloji Bilgileri, YTÜ Yayınları, İstanbul.

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